Bariatric surgery is recognized worldwide as a cost-effective treatment for patients with
severe obesity. In recent years, the role of these procedures has been revised following the …

Bariatric surgery is recognized worldwide as a cost-effective treatment for morbidly obese
patients. In recent years, the role of these procedures has been revised following the …

Bariatric surgery is recognised as a legitimate treatment for obesity. Knowledge of its key
long-term outcomes, such as durability of weight loss, remission of obesity-related …

Bariatric surgery is the most effective and durable treatment for obesity. This chapter will
describe the historic and current bariatric surgical procedures; outcome data focusing on …

The outcomes of bariatric surgery, while often impressive, are not universally satisfactory;
they vary from patient to patient and from operation to operation. Between 20–30% of …

As bariatric surgery for the treatment of morbid obesity enters its sixth decade, much has
been and continues to be learned from the results of several key bariatric operations …

Objective: To review how bariatric surgery in obese patients may effectively treat
adiposopathy (pathogenic adipose tissue or 'sick fat'), and to provide clinicians a rationale …

Over the years, obesity has become a global pandemic. The medical comorbidities
associated with obesity have resulted in immense medical costs in the healthcare system …

IN BRIEF Bariatric surgery is the most efficacious treatment for obesity, type 2 diabetes, and
other obesity-related comorbidities. In this article, the authors review the current indications …

Bariatric surgery can effectively induce durable weight loss and can reduce the risk of
obesity-associated complications, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Bariatric …